Stanford Students Reveal What They Wrote Their Common App Essays About | Open Up

Stanford students tell us what they wrote their Common App essays about -- and if their essays still hold up now. Special thanks to Ethan David Scott '27, Kilas Gallimore '26, Lauren Koong '26, Buddy Noorlander '24, Athena Naylor '27, Antonio Kambire '27, Arnav Krishnamoorthi '24, Katie Liu '25, Shreya Joshi '26, Shane Mion '26, Lucy Loughridge '26, Riya Narain '26 and Yazan Abdella '24. __________________________________________________ Credits: Interviewer: Julio Gomez, Paolo Reitz, Sam Dizon and Janelle Olisea Videographer: Janelle Olisea, Taber Cannon, Johan Sotelo, Paolo Reitz and Ananya Udaygiri Editing: Taber Cannon, Janelle Olisea, Julio Gomez, Paolo Reitz and Ananya Udaygiri Graphics: D’Andre Jorge and Ananya Udaygiri Producer: Ananya Udaygiri __________________________________________________ Learn more about The Stanford Daily here: The Stanford Daily: https://www.stanforddaily.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWg3... Facebook: @stanforddaily Instagram: @stanforddaily Twitter: @stanforddaily

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Stanford Accepted Me (As a Transfer) and This is Why

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